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The city just awarded Jacob Grant $6.5 million after his own lieutenant shot him at least eight times. That wasn't the first time Brachle shot someone.

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Updated: 7:48 AM MDT Mar 31, 2016

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WEBVTT LE. SHOT HIM AT LEAST 8 TIMES. DOUG: BUT TARGET 7'S NANCY LAFLIN HAS LEARNED THAT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME GREG BRACHLE SHOT SOMEONE. NANCY: NEARLY TWO DECADES BEFORE THIS SHOOTING AND THIS LAWSUIT. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE INVOLVING GREG BRACHLE. A SHOOTING IN 1998 AT A HOME IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT FILED BACK IN 2000 AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WAS IN A FIGHT WITH HIS EX-WIFE AND A NEIGHBOR. BRACHLE ON THE DEPARTMENT LESS THAN 3 YEARS WAS FIRST ON SCENE. THE LAWSUIT SAYS WHEN BRACHLE ARRIVED, HE SAW THE MAN POURING GASOLINE IN THE HOME THREATENING TO BURN IT DOWN. THE LAWSUIT SAYS BRACHLE GRABBED A BEAN BAG SHOT GUN. AND THE MAN GRABBED A RIFL TELLING BRACHLE, "YOU HAVE A GUN. I HAVE A GUN." DOCUMENTS SAY BRACHLE GOT RID OF THE BEAN BAG SHOTGUN AND GOT HIS PISTOL. THE LAWSUIT SAYS THE MAN EVENTUALLY LEFT THE HOUSE WITH HIS HANDS IN THE AIR AND WAS SHOT BY BRACHLE. THE POLICE REPORT SHOWS ANOTHER OFFICER HEARD BRACHLE SAY, "I DON'T KNOW IF HE SHOT AT ME BUT I SHOT AT HIM." THE POLICE REPORT SAYS BRACHLE FIRED 12 TIMES HITTING THE MAN IN THE ELBOW. THE REPORT SAYS THE MAN IN THIS CASE WAS DRUNK AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER. GREG BRACHLE LISTED AS A VICTIM WENT ON TO EVENTUALLY BE PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT. NANCY LAFLIN, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. SHELLY: NANCY GOT THE FIRST EXCLUSIVE TV INTERVIEW WITH JACOB GRANT.

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The city just awarded Jacob Grant $6.5 million after his own lieutenant shot him at least eight times. That wasn't the first time Brachle shot someone.